Display device



Aug. 23, 1927,.

' A. J.' SMITH DISPLAY DEVIC E Filed March 3. 1926 ven/or,

his fl orne/ Patented Aug. 23, 1927.

ALFRED JOS. SMITH, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

Application filed March 3, 1926.

My invention relates to display devices of the class in whicharticlesare displayed on cards and has for its main object to provide a simple,efficient and inexpensive clamping means by which articles may be easilyand conveniently secured on or removed from such cards.

A further object is to so construct this clamping means that, inaddition to securing the article to the card, it may be employed tosupport the card in an upright position and at any inclination from thevertical.

A still further object is to so construct the clamping and suuportingmeans that it will be attached to the rear of the card and consequentlyhidden from view.

. These and various other objects and ad vantages will be clearlyunderstood from the following description and from the accompanyingdrawing of a preferred embodiment, but it will be readily seen thatvarious modifications might be made without departing from the scope ofthe invention.

Referring now to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the article clamping and card supportingmeans.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional side elevation, similar to Fig. 1, butwithout the supporting means.

Fig. 4; is a front elevation, showing a display card with the clampingand supporting means attached and having an article of jewelry displayedthereon.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a card for displaying several articles.

Referring now to all the views, simultaneously, 10 represents a displaycard. This card may be made of any suitable material, have any suitableoutline and be adorned with suitable ornamentations.

The clamping and supporting means consists of a flat flexible metalstrip 11, bent rearwardly and downwardly as shown at 12, and terminatingina narrow tongue 13 which is bent forwardly through a rectangularopening 14 provided in the body of the strip. The outer end of thistongue is Serial No. 91,909.

bent upwardly and slightly rearwardly, as shown at 15. The end 16, ofthe strip 11 which is bent rearwardly at 17, acts as a leg forsupporting the card as plainly shown on Fig. 5. It will be noted that byincreas ing or decreasing the angle of the bend 17, the card may besupported at diiierent angles.

In attaching the card, a small hole is punched at the point where it isdesired to have the tongue project. By referring to Fig. 5, it will beseen that, owing to the shape of that part of thetongue which extendsthrough the card and to the flexibility of the loop formed by the bend12, the article to be displayed may be attached or detached by merelysliding it down or up. .To assist in these operations, the tongue may beextended by pressing on the loop, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 5.70

WVhere several articles are to be displayed on one card, as shown inFig. 6, it is evident that all the clamping means need not be providedwith the leg 16. One of the clamping means with the leg omitted visshown on Fig. 3. It will likweise'be seen thatthis type of clampingmeans may be p0- sitioned at any angle on the card, for example, asshown at 18.

It will be noted that by providing a long slender point in place of theleg 16, the device may be attached to fabrics. While I have describedand illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish tolimit myself to the specific shape, outlines, or construction shown anddescribed nor limit the device to the display of any certain articles.

Having thus described my invention and its uses, what I claim as new andwish to protect by Letters Patent is 1. The combination of a displaycard and a plurality of clamping and supporting devices, each of said.devices consisting of a flexible metal strip having one end bentrearwardly and downwardly and terminating in a tongue of reduced width,said tongue bent forwardly through an opening formed in the body of thestrip and upwardly after passingthrough said opening,

and one or more-0f said devices having the other end extendingdownwardly and rear- Wardly to form a support for the card.

2. In a clamping and supporting device 5 for display cards; a flexiblemetal strip having one end bent rearwardly and downwardly. andterminating in a tongue of reduced Width, said tongue bent forwardlythrough an opening formed in the body of the strip and upwardly afterpassing through said opening; and the other end of the strip extendingdownwardly and rearwardly t( form a support for the card.

ALFRED J OS. SMITH.

